How do you use the word "cattle" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "cattle": And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple. Cattle feed on grass.

Cattle Meaning

/ˈkætəl/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounDomesticated animal of the species Bos taurus (cows, bulls, steers, oxen etc), and other hoofed mammals of the genus Bos.

nounCertain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

Sentence Examples

And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.

Cattle feed on grass.

This particular breed of cattle matures early.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The farmer led the herd of ____ to the watering hole.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A large group of ____ was seen grazing in the wide green field today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Mr. Jos had hired a pair of horses for his open carriage, with which cattle, and the smart London vehicle, he made a very tolerable figure in the drives about Brussels." — 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 29, in Vanity Fair, page 246:

"The Dover mail was in its usual genial position that the guard suspected the passengers, the passengers suspected one another and the guard, they all suspected everybody else, and the coachman was sure of nothing but the horses; as to which cattle he could with a clear conscience have taken his oath on the two Testaments that they were not fit for the journey." — 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the First, chapter 2:

"Mangcorn is utilized partly as human food, and partly as fodder for cattle, especially for fattening swine, for which purpose it is considered peculiarly adapted." — 1923, Norwegian Trade Review, numbers 6-8, page 39:

""Come, that will do," interrupted Joolby with an impatient growl; "talk, talk, talk—that's all it ever comes to with your kind of cattle. Do you still think that you are playing at charades, girl? […]"" — 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

""I always knew it, but I always denied it, because I'm one of them, and I'm like them." ¶"We're just cattle," the Prison Governor said, relieved now." — 1961, Gerald Hanley, The Journey Homeward, page 155:

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